Bundle-tying device.



E. E. EPPSTBIN. BUNDLE TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22. 1911.

1 ,033,683. Patented July 23, 1912.

IVITNESSES [NVENTOR' ERNEST E. EPPSTEIN, OF GREAT BEND, KANSAS.

BUN DLE-TYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters ZPatent.

Application filed November 22, 1911.

Patented July 23, 1912.

Serial No. 661,853.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ERNEST E. EPPSTEIN, afcitizen of the United States,residing at Great Bend, in the county of Barton and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundle-TyingDevices, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadthereinto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to bundle tying devices, and the principal objectof the same is to provide a device which will hold a cord upon a bundleand permit the cord to i be easily removed without breaking the cord,

thus permitting the cord to be used again.

This invention may be either formed from a strip of resilient wire ormay beformed from sheet metal, both forms being shown in theaccompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bundle having the package tieconnected therewith. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cord holdershown in Fig. 1.

Referrin to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that tiis invention may beformed of a length of resilient wire which is bent adjacent one end toform the bar 10, the bar 10 being crimped intermediate its length toform the pockets 11. The bar 12 extends at right angles to the bar 10and is doubled back upon itself to form the fingers 13 and 14. Thefinger 14 is longer than the finger 13, and is positioned beneath thefinger 13 so that the end of the cord may be gripped between the fingers13 and 14. After forming the finger 14, the wire is bent toward the bar10 and curved to form the tongue 15 having its inner end 16 bent abovethe bar 12. A second U-shaped tongue 17 of less length than the tongue14 is formed next to the tongue 16 and the wire is then carried parallelto the bar 10, and bent interminate its length to form the hook 18. Theend portion 19 of the strip of wire is bent at right angles and carriedto the bar 10 where the ends of the bars 10 and 19 are twisted togetheras shown at 20.

In using this device the cord 21 has one Gopies of this patent may beobtained 1'01- end tied to the hook 18 and is carried around the package22 through the pockets 11 and back to the hook 18. The cord is thenpassed around the hook and carried around the package at right angles tothe original direction, between the fingers 13 and 14. After the cordhas been passed around the package between the fingers 13 and 14, asufficient number of times, the string is wound around the hook and hasits end portion passed beneath the tongue 15, and between the fingers 13and 14. The strain of holding the package tied is taken by the hook 18and the string is kept from slipping by having its end passed beneaththe tongue 15, and between the fingers 13 and 14. When it is desired toundo the package, the string is slipped from between the fingers 13 and14, and from beneath the tongue 15, and then can be easily unwound.

What is claimed is A bundle tying device of the character describedformed from a single strip of resilient rod metal bent to asubstantially rectangular shape, said strip of rod metal being bentadjacent one end to form substantially rightangularly disposed arms, oneof said arms being erimped intermediate its length to form a pluralityof pockets, the other of said arms being bent back upon itself to forman overhanging clamping finger, the strip of metal being then bent toform parallel clamping tongues, the outer one being provided with anupwardly curved inner end portion, the remaining portion of the lengthof metal being bent at right angles to the inner finger and bentintermediate its length to form a bracing hook positioned opposite saidpockets, and the end portion of the strip of metal being carried to saidfirst mentioned arm and connected therewith.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ERNEST E. EPPSTEIN.

Witnesses:

FRED L. HANS, F. H. UNRUH.

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